Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-03-17

Hazard Captain Eads' daughter, dated n,
NASSAU Saturday Inst, In winch Captain
lads was slvd 10 bo suffering from con gos-
tion OF tho lungs ana 90 bc 40 iow that therc
was iittie likelihood of his recovery
Captain Eads took heavy cold Last De.
ocmbcr and won't 10 Lakewood, ~ y.
where his health was iin prov ing when hr
wns called 10 Washington on business con.
ncrtod with tho TchuRntepcc Ship Railway
hDl He returned 90 Now York January
- so fccble that DR.. Heimulth at ones or
dernd him 90 Nassau, aud ho sailed FOR the
bahamas February with hia wifc and
Mrs Hazard t
Ioapihin --Ismss n esds was .ix,y..oveu
years of ago lie was born la Iawroncobarz.
ihu., MAY ~, isD, and Win his parents went "
~ Louis in 1893. He was cmphatca a self
made man, having left school :, the svS 6f thir.
teen. At Thlch aye he beHaA a. clerk in a dFy.
R5ods store. iIn oyinccd = disposition 90 be
nm engineer ~hiic IN This business All his
spsra time wns devoted 10 fnathsfnatlc. .
pefiaining 70 the oblnct which he had ~.
solved % master. Ia ist9 be constructed a div.
infb boil boat - rccOycr csrgces 81 sunkea
steamers. IN ists he erected ~ ST. f.ouia tho
hfsi giass works vest of the Ohio river IN
1870 he made a proposition a. the GovUumont
~ remove the snags and wrooks which then
o5structed tho channels OF the Al-sIsslpps,
ONO nnd Atkansas rivers. Tnis passed the
lower branch % Congress In isi7 bat want
of time prevented action bv the ssaatc
On tue Invitation. Ia iscf, OF President Liza.
coin. Mr. Esds desigsad aud c0nstruc,ed
gowcrfui squadron of eight steamers %
sigocd for use on tho "a ss'ssippi having
speed % nine knots an hour. and azgrs.
Eating i.Dc1 tons. These were ready fang
equipped and ptsfcn within 100 days from ,hs
tinio ne fccGiFod notice % 40 The work Tbas
were The hrst irOn.egad vessels cDastructsd by
tho C0yorumcnt- Ia i8sts he designed and
constructed six turroted iron vessels. 40 hea~t
u plated ~ i7jT.il he desizu8d aud construct
Ga The grcat steel arcisef bridge over the sis
sissippt river ~ ~ Lyuis Tuis WORK il 70
noWncd among tho great engineering fcats ri
The century, and lts Construction Sas regarded
~ tho time Dy scientific men ~ the solution %
greet problem IN The enziaearsng World
The csowning work of hiz life vas that II
dec yening th8 m satl oi tha N.ssissg1Jl river
This ~ssln is4 lis plans fof this sorx met
with sircnuoos oppsshiou from D9yernmeut
en2ineers. tut Captain Eads sscseeied ln hav.
ing them adopted ~ IrOpgsins ~ - ths york
without PRONUNCIATION gntil he sflossd Congress
that his work was ccaapiis1s5 asd vrsesicai
Permission ~as gfaatef IA 1875. sad 10 June u
that year the construction ~ whst NAs then and
l. stlli known - the 'lrtiies~ was tsgua. ana
The compic.'ou % tks work - BE- had pianses
u vas accomplished
In iSlg NJ. Ea1s proposed his ship railway
across the hmericaa isthmuA u y fann'ariS
known " the American pubic - ths Tshaanfs.
pee % Nicnrt9gN ship railway. Tas setetns
received the Enforcement - Congress during
tho session just closed IL fhs aoaih % Aa-
gust, 1874 he Wos awarded tho Albert medal Dy
TIE Society ~ Arts ir EagIand a. recognition
o. the vaipablo as which his services have rsa.
dared 70 ihe commerce % The vorid